A movie about a Brazilian entrepreneur who rivalled American's richest man at his time, well-known Rockfeller. Irineu Evangelista de Souza in 1867 had $155.000 contos de reis, meanwhile the Brazilian Governement annual budget was 97.000 contos de reis. The movie shows his life from poverty to riches and back to poverty again, as is common in Brazil, rich people die poor.
Directed by Sérgio Rezende
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Cast

Paulo Betti
Mauá

Malu Mader
May

Othon Bastos
Visconde de Feitosa

Michael Byrne
Mr. Carruthers

Antônio Pitanga
Valentim
Rodrigo Penna
D. Pedro II

Roberto Bomtempo
Visconde do Rio Branco
Jorge Neves
Mauá Jovem

Richard Durden
Barão de Rosthschild

Murilo Grossi
Ricardo
Elias Mendonça
Pereira

Cláudio Corrêa e Castro
Visconde do Uruguai

Edwin Luisi
Aurélio

Rogério Fróes
Marquês do Paraná
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